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General information

The Speaker object is used to configure audio notification that starts when a macro starts.

In Axxon One, you can create the following types of the Speaker objects:

1. IP speaker device.

1. It is created automatically if there is an audio outlet on an IP device.

   Info
   title Note
   One audio outlet on an IP device corresponds to one Speaker child

1. object of

1. the Camera object.

2. System speaker.

1. It is created manually.

1. Audio on the system speaker is played back using the

1. server's sound card.

A Speaker object can

play back audio notification files with the following extensions:

1. .ac3;
2. .amr;
3. .avi;
4. .aac;
5. .aiff;
6. .au;
7. .adts;
8. .caf;
9. .dts;
10. .flac;
11. .gsm;
12. .mkv;
13. .mp3;
14. .m4a;
15. .m4r;
16. .mp2;
17. .oga;
18. .ogg;
19. .opus;
20. .voc;
21. .w64;
22. .wav;
23. .wma;
24. .wv.

The following audio notification file encoding formats are supported:

1. MPEG AAC Audio;
2. MPEG-4 Video;
3. MPEG Audio layer 1/2; 
4. Vorbis Audio;
5. Opus Audio;
6. PCM S16 LE;
7. PCM S16 BE; 
8. twos; 
9. FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec);
10. AMR narrow band;
11. DTS Audio;
12. GSM Audio; 
13. WavPack;
14. A52 Audio (aka AC3);
15. Yamaha ADPCM Audio;
16. ADTS.

The audio notification file must be stored on the computer corresponding to the Server object on the basis of which the Speaker object is registered.

Creating and configuring

the object

To create

the Speaker

 system object, do the following:

1. Go to the Devices tab.
2. Click the Create... link in the

1. object tree and

1. select Speaker.
   

1. Parameter	Value	Description
   Name	Speaker	Enter the required name
   Audio files		Info title Note This parameter is mandatory. Specify

1. the path to the audio notification file in one of the following ways:

1. Select any already added file from the file collection

1. : Add a file using the file collection: Click the

1. Image Added button. In the window that opens, click the Add button

1. .

1. Image Added In the File path field, specify the path to the audio file

1. . As a result, the remaining fields will display the name of the selected audio file

1. , size, and extension. Click the OK button.

1. Playback mode	Disabled	From the drop-down list, select the speaker playback mode
   	Play on server
   	Play on client
   Volume	100	Enter the speaker volume level

2. Configuration of

1. a speaker of an IP device:
   

   Parameter	Value	Description
   Other
   Enable	Yes	By default, the speaker of an IP device is disabled. To enable it,

1. select Yes
   	No
   Name	Speaker	Enter the required name
   Audio codec	G.711	Choose audio codec to be used
   Audio files		Enter the full path to the audio notification file
   Bitrate	64000 (non-editable field)	The compressed data bitrate, kbit/s
   Compression algorithm	u-law (non-editable field)	Audio stream compression algorithm
   Camera
   Camera	{Short name.Name}	From the drop-down list, select the camera with which you want to bind the speaker. As a result, the speaker becomes a child of the selected camera

2. Click the Apply Image Added button.

Configuration of the Speaker object is

complete.

Checking the audio notification

To check the Speaker

 object, click

the Test

 button.

Image Added

As a result, the audio notification file

is played back, the path to which you specified in the Audio files field (

see Creating and configuring

the object

).